In response to an article in "The Age" (21 Jan 2013) “Call for rights over embryos of dead” Margaret Tighe, President,The Right to Life Australia, called on the Government to legalise “Snowflake Embryo adoptions” for the 120 000 or so frozen embryos, if their biological parents have not or cannot give them the opportunity to live.
Once again the lives of the most vulnerable in our society are under attack. Senator Richard di Natale has introduced a bill into Federal Parliament in November 2012 calling for an act to amend the current legislation in the Northern Territory, ACT and Norfolk Island regarding euthanasia..
The Right to Life Australia media release 30 August 2012
“What a sad day this is for preborn babies,” said Dr Katrina Haller, Senior Executive Officer of The Right to Life Australia. “I am shocked that the Therapeutic Goods Administration has registered the controversial drug RU486 as “safe and effective” to Marie Stopes International, for aborting babies,” she continued.
A Vic Govt report released three years later in Aug 2012, showed that in 2009 there were 410 late abortions, carried out more than halfway though pregnancy.
Mike Sullivan* guest speaker at RTLA Conference 2012 is spokesperson for SavingDowns and board member of the International Down Syndrome Coalition.
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The Right to Life Australia Inc. defends the right to life of all human beings from conception until natural death. We lobby government for legal protection of the most vulnerable in society – the unborn baby, elderly, sick and those with disabilities.
PO Box 2029, Brunswick East
Victoria 3057 Australia
Phone: (03) 9385 0100
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We are non-party political and non-denominational. Right to Life is a political pressure group working to uphold the right to life of every person from conception to natural death. As such Right to Life Australia will strongly campaign against abortion, IVF, euthanasia, infanticide, embryo stem cell research. Right to Life Australia provides free counselling to women facing crisis pregnancies.
